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Blue Hawaii
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Blue Hawaii is a 1961 American romantic comedy musical film directed by Norman Taurog and produced by Hal B. Wallis. The screenplay was written by Hal Kanter, with music composed by Joseph J. Lilley. The film stars Elvis Presley, Joan Blackman, Angela Lansbury, and John Archer. It was filmed in Honolulu and set in Hawaii.
The movie has a runtime of 102 minutes. It was distributed by Paramount Pictures and Netflix, with a release date of November 22, 1961. The production budget was 2,000,000, and the revenue reached 4,200,000. Costume design was handled by Edith Head, and the film editor was Terry O. Morse. The original language is English.
Review scores include 4.6 out of 10 and 22%, with an IMDb rating of 6.1 and a TMDb vote average of 5.98. The soundtrack was released under the title Blue Hawaii. The film is associated with tiki culture and features a tagline describing an ecstatic romance in the world's lushest paradise of song.
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6.0Chad Gates has just been discharged from the Army, and is happy to be back in Hawaii with his surf-board, his beach buddies and his girlfriend.
Cast
- Elvis Presley as Chad Gates
- Joan Blackman as Maile Duval
- Angela Lansbury as Sarah Lee Gates
- Nancy Walters as Abigail Prentice
- Roland Winters as Fred Gates
- John Archer as Jack Kelman
Themes
- hawaii
- musical
- romcom
- tiki culture
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- musical film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Norman Taurog
- Screenwriter
- Hal Kanter
- Cast member
- Hal B. Wallis
- Composer
- Joseph J. Lilley
- Producer
- Hal B. Wallis
- Cinematographer
- Charles Lang
- Narrative location
- Hawaii
- Filming location
- Honolulu
- Duration
- 97
- FilmAffinity ID
- 777772
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1962-03-31
- title
- Blue Hawaii
- distributed by
- Netflix
- costume designer
- Edith Head
- film editor
- Terry O. Morse
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- soundtrack release
- Blue Hawaii
- review score
- 22%
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